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The closest equivalent of "area" is "obszar". I think area has too many meanings, including for example penalty area (penalty box) in football - so it can be something really small, that couldn't possibly be called region. If English has exactly the very same (in writing) word as Polish, why complicate it? ;)
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Well, if in some translations we're offered both "neighbourhood", then it's pretty much comparable to "area man". And "why complicate" isn't really an argument in a system that slams giant "WRONG!" in your face whenever you pick a synonym it doesn't recognize.
A similar question: why not "district"? Has REGION in Polish a specialised meaning, like "precinct" or "prefecture"?
That's the case, that 'region' is very vague, and 'district' is too specific, too narrowed down. A "district" of a city is "dzielnica".
Polish Wiktionary translates 'precinct' as 'dzielnica' or 'rejon', with the mention that it's e.g. 'rejon komisariatu', so the area on which a given police department has authority
And 'prefecture' is 'prefektura', but my only association with this word is geography of Japan.
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They work in this region, "the region" is non specific, the region of what?
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What is the difference in this region or the region, exacly the same meaning in my English.
